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Extra Extra: Man Accused Of Stealing Street Fest Donations

By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 20, 2012 11:00PM

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  • A man has been charged with posing as a volunteer at Northside Summerfest and stealing donations. [Tribune]
  • Cook County Board of Review member Larry Rogers Jr., a self-styled "reformer," has had a half brother on the agency's payroll the past five years. [Sun-Times]
  • Anne Holub interviews musician and future pub trivia answer Goyte. [Gapers Block]
  • Take a look at the final dinner service from Charlie Trotter's. This is what $2,500 a seat looks like. [Grub Street Chicago]
  • Illinois corporations continue to pay little in taxes while CEOs rake in obscene compensation packages. [Progress Illinois]